Left-covariant differential calculi on SL_q(2) and SL_q(3)

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Abstract: We study N2−1 dimensional left-covariant differential calculi on the quantum group SLq(N) for which the generators of the quantum Lie algebras annihilate the quantum trace. In this way we obtain one distinguished calculus on SLq(2) (which corresponds to Woronowicz' 3D-calculus on SUq(2)) and two distinguished calculi on SLq(3) such that the higher order calculi give the ordinary differential calculus on SL(2) and SL(3), respectively, in the limit qightarrow1. Two new differential calculi on SLq(3) are introduced and developed in detail.


The authors aim at constructing left-covariant differential calculi on the quantum group \(\mathrm{SL}_q(N)\), being close to the classical one according to some criteria. First of all this concerns the dimension of the differential calculus which is required to be \(N^2-1\). Furthermore, the associated higher-order calculi are expected to give the ordinary higher-order calculus on \(\mathrm{SL}(N)\) in the limit \(q\to1\). After having reviewed the basic notions, the authors start with the case \(N=2\). They find four first order differential calculi. All of them are 3-dimensional, but only one of them fulfills all requirements. This distinguished calculus is in fact directly related to the 3D-calculus on \(\mathrm{SU}_q(2)\) due to Woronowicz. For the group \(\mathrm{SL}_q(3)\) the authors construct two differential calculi obeying the criteria. Finally, they are able to generalize these two calculi also to the case \(N>3\). The result, however, fails to satisfy all imposed conditions, for the associated higher order calculi do not produce the correct limit when \(q\to1\).





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